Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
Kenner became Hasbro and Nerf is just a toy line name under Hasbro umbrella.Hasbro certainly has their original Scout Trooper toy blaster molds, but not sure if they would lent /rented them to NERF as reference for their own gun. Thing is, NERF got their reference from SOMEWHERE.
And while the NERF gun seems to be larger than the actual ROTJ filming resin props....
...but maybe the NERF gun was based on The Mandalorian filming weapon(s)? Are they the "same" as the ROTJ version, or different?
The Kenner Return of the Jedi blaster toy is nice but it is not perfect so no reason to use that as the base.
And yes. We don't know anything about what was used as a reference for the toy. It could very well been something obtained/created for the Mandalorian and the may have design details different from the Return of the Jedi prop. So any detail variables on the Nerf can either be, changes for functionality, artistic changes, or unique details in a new and different filming prop. So many possibilities.